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Hello!
It's a pleasure to meet you :). My name is Tracy and I decided to take an extended amount of time away from work and home to go travelling. When I left, I had the goal of seeing new places, but overtime I realized my true enjoyment from travel comes from slowing down and learning different ways of living from others.
I have many hobbies as I'm a curious individual, but those that have sticked with me through the years include meditation, art, and cooking. I love cooking and picking up recipes from other cultures so if you could teach me your recipes, it would bring me lots of joy. My most recent new recipe is seafood paella from Spain and stuffed peppers from Albania, but I also cook a variety of other cuisines. I'm well known by my family and friends for being the chef and feeding others. I typically eat vegan or vegetarian when I'm on my own as a love vegetables, but I also enjoy meat/fish on occasion.
One thing that most people don't know about me is that I have sensory sensitivities. You might see me with earplugs or headphones in if it's loud, but I'm not listening to music. l use them to decrease the background noise that my brain doesn't naturally tune out so I can concentrate better. :)
I hope you will allow me to be a part of your family or community. If you have further questions, please view my skills section below and feel free to send me a message so we can set up a time to video talk.
I look forward to meeting you soon and am excited to have the chance to learn from one another.
~Tracy :)Centres d’intérêt
Yoga / bien-êtreVégétarien ou véganDev. durableDev. personnelLanguesJardinageCuisine et alimentationArt et designCultureAnimauxBlogsLangues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Débutant
Albanian: DébutantPlus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Would love to learn a bit of every language of the place I travel to. Hoping to learn some Cantonese and Mandarin at the moment :)Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
J'ai des connaissances :
JardinageS’occuper des animauxProjets artistiquesAide informatique / InternetJe peux apprendre aux autres :
Entretien généralPréparer les repas / cuisiner pour la familleÉco-projetsAider à la maisonAccueil / tourismeLanguesEnseignementBaby-sitting et jeux créatifsQuelles sont vos compétences ?
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GUESTHOUSE/HOSTEL/CUSTOMER CARE EXPERIENCE
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Guesthouse/Airbnb Help - Feb 2024-Mar 2024
- Independent cleaning of main house with environmentally friendly materials
- Welcoming guests and introducing them to the home
Volunteer at Blue Door Hostel - Nov 2023-Jan 2024
- Check in/Check out procedures
- Ensured that booking spreadsheet was accurate to reflect availability online
- Regular laundering of bedding, duvets and pillows to give a positive, cleanly
experience to guests
- Welcoming guests and providing them with an orientation to feel comfortable in a new
environment
- Successful promotion of hostel dinners to improve hostel community and ambience
- Cooking and baking with guests
- POS system knowledge (payments, refunds)
- Cleaning of bathrooms, sweeping and mopping of hostel
Waitress (2013-2014)
- POS system (payments, returns, exchanges, gift cards)
- Efficient problem solving to ensure customers were happy when leaving restaurant
Pharmacist (2017-present)
- Provided personalized care to patients resulting in increased revenue and customer
satisfaction
- Developed staff meetings and prepared agendas to ensure all staff were consistent
with changes made in the pharmacy
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COOKING/BAKING:
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Baking Business (Jan 2023-July 2023):
- Baked sourdough in private kitchen of home and sold to neighbours
- Focaccia bread + focaccia art, baguettes
Cooking Skills (1997-present)
- Japanese (eg. sushi, Japanese-style breakfast, bulgogi, ramen),
- Korean (eg. bibimbap, kimchi, sundubu jjigae)
- Chinese (e.g. tomato beef, fried rice, fried noodles)
- Italian (e.g. fresh pasta, neapolitan style pizza)
- Vegetarian and vegan cuisine
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BUILDING EXPERIENCE
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- Painting: Painted rooms at home using roller and hand brushes
- Knowledge of watercolour and acrylic paints due to personal interest since childhood
- Simple repairs on bikes, vacuum cleaners, household objects
- Expert at building Ikea furniture since age 7
- Chopping wood to create wood pile measuring 10’x 6’x 6’ for winter
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EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN:
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Au Pair (Jan 2024-Feb 2024)
- Playing with children at parks and indoors
- Teaching English to children ages 3 and 11
- Pancake art, bread baking and invention of games with kids
Babysitting (2005-2015):
- Ensured children (age 9mo-12yo) were kept safe while in my company
- Provided a sense of security and development of psychological safety
- Used creative play to keep children entertained (music, dance parties, art, walks in
parks, baking)
Outdoor School Camp Counsellor (2007-2010)
- Care of children ages 7-12 during the day and overnight
- Taught children about the outdoors - walks in nature, survival skills, salmon
reproductive cycles, owls
- Created a playful environment through dances and sing-a-longs
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ANIMAL CARE
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Farm at Outdoor School (2007-2010)
- In the mornings, fed goats, chickens, pigs
- Interacted with animals in a gentle and respectful manner
Pets: guinea pigs, hamster (2012-2016)
- Maintained cages to provide clean and comfortable environment
- Sewed fleece bedding for guinea pigs to ↑ hygiene and reduce wastage
Dog sitting - 2010-2020
- Took care of dogs for weeks at a time alone in house while owners were on vacation
- Ensured dogs received 2 walks per day - both on and off leash in city and in woods
- Taught dogs tricks and played with them
- Gave dogs baths and ensured proper hygiene
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LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
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UBC Music Initiative (Council member, President (2010-2012)
- Planned events for students to socialize and play music
- Lead council meetings to organize monthly events for members
- Organized 30 person flash mob consisting of singers and orchestral instruments
UBC Pharmacy Choir (Director - 2016-2017)
- Organized weekly choir practice for 15-20 students
- Created biannual performances for the school to increase sense of community and entertainment
- Kept choir members up to date on performances through use of Facebook and Whatsapp messaging
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ARTS/CRAFTS
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- Hand drawn and digital comics
- Knowledge of creating homemade gifts including lipbalm, soap, candles and hand cream all from natural ingredients
- Garment repair of clothing to decrease environmental impact of damaged clothing
- Knitting scarves, hats
- Crocheting of amigurumi dolls
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HOBBIES
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- Meditation: daily practice for the past 7 years
- Yoga: personal practice since 12 years old + lead classes at work
- Cleaning: Used the Marie Kondo technique to organize closets and households
- Music: Guitar/singing
- Blogging/Teaching about neurodiversity: Worldofwanderingminds.comÂge
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I tend to eat quite healthy. When I'm alone, I mostly eat vegan or vegetarian foods, but I love to try cuisines of other cultures so I also eat meat on occassion
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She was kind, joyful and easy to live with, we recommend Tracy for all future workaway hosts, she is a good "deal"... :)
She joined us in all our family activities and was interested in our culture.
Tracy is a calm person and empathetic, she always helped us with the kids and always wanted to help with the dishes too (without asking her for… read more
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She was kind, joyful and easy to live with, we recommend Tracy for all future workaway hosts, she is a good "deal"... :)
She joined us in all our family activities and was interested in our culture.
Tracy is a calm person and empathetic, she always helped us with the kids and always wanted to help with the dishes too (without asking her for… read more
Work is not difficult and… read more